Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201165008 - Employee's fingers amputated when caught by a cable

Accident Summary Nr: 201165008 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/28/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300866290	05/30/2003	1741	238140	R&R Mansonry

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on May 28, 2003, Employee #1, a brick tender, his superintendent and another brick tender were replacing a wire rope of a material lift, Oury-Jumbo, Model 3000CA. The Superintendent was on the throttle control side and Employee #1 was on the opposite side while the other brick tender was by the front of the drum inside the frame of the tower. Cable was fed from the throttle side while Employee #1 was helping to align the spooling on the drum. The control was set at the neutral position but not locked. The other brick tender crawled out of the tower and touched the linkage, which moved the control causing the drum to reel in. Employee #1 was holding the cable with his left hand when the drum rotated,amputating his left thumb and the tips of his middle and ring fingers. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, HOISTING MECHANISM, WIRE ROPE, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, THUMB, LOCKOUT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	6	70

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300866290			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Other

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